Your Secret Ballet Guilty Pleasure

[Old Fashioned]

I just stumbled upon a little gem I found in a video from a library called Moszkowski Waltz. With all those insanely fast dips, lifts, dives, and turns, it looks like a couple's figure skating showcase (sounds similar to this "Spring Waters" ballet); indeed, there's this one part when the male throws his partner into the air and the woman makes two revolutions in the air, like the jumps where the women are thrown, and he catches her in a fish dive.

[Mel Johnson]

Yes, Moszkowski Waltz used to be a great show-stopper on Highlights programs. Raissa Struchkova and Alexander Lapauri were the creators, and if you had a girl who was light and could jump like a deer, it was great fun to dance, too. Especially in the circle of grands jetés around the stage where every one was a toss!